Legal Opinion
Dale Atkins v. Richard Brown
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 31, 2012No. 11-1891PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRATT, District Judge.
Dale J. Atkins was convicted by a jury of attempted murder, criminal confinement, domestic battery, and invasion of privacy and sentenced to 51 years in prison. Atkins filed a post-conviction relief petition in Indiana state court, but obtained no relief. He then filed a federal habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, claiming that he was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of trial counsel. The district court denied the petition, but granted a certificate of appealability. Atkins appealed, and we affirm.
I. Background
A. Facts
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